We had our semi-annual Farm Clean-Up Day a little bit ago. When we got there in the morning we had a herd of friends waiting for us, but they didn't seem to want to really stay and help out but that was ok because that kind of help isn't very useful anyway.
We had lots of other hands to help out in all the work that we had planned. Which wasn't really all the much, but it took quite a bit of work to get it all done. We mostly just cleaned up the farm and moved in the ton bales of hay that we have gotten in the past few weeks
One of the things I'm glad the minions did was to muck out the manger area. That is always a dirty, dusty, smelly job. Trents minion took to it with gusto though and was having a great time digging all that stuff out. The only good thing about that is that we now have a large pile of excellent compost for gardens come Springtime.
. Moving the hay was a real hassle. Since there wasn't any way to move the ton bales themselves through the narrow doorway, we had to move them a slice at a time. We would set up a tarp next to the bale, pull off a bunch of hay onto the tarp, and then drag it into the barn. It sure is amazing how much hay 1 ton actually is when it is all spread out instead of bunched up tightly into a bale.
These are 2 different pictures of the spot we store the hay in. The left is after about 1 1/2 bales have been moved in. The right is after all 3 bales were moved. They are from different angles but you can see how much further out the stack is by comparing the other stack of regular bales on right hand side of the storage area.
Naturally, once the hay was all moved, everyone had to take turns swinging on the rope and landing in the hay.
We had our semi-annual Farm Clean-Up Day a little bit ago. When we got there in the morning we had a herd of friends waiting for us, but they didn't seem to want to really stay and help out but that was ok because that kind of help isn't very useful anyway.
We had lots of other hands to help out in all the work that we had planned. Which wasn't really all the much, but it took quite a bit of work to get it all done. We mostly just cleaned up the farm and moved in the ton bales of hay that we have gotten in the past few weeks
One of the things I'm glad the minions did was to muck out the manger area. That is always a dirty, dusty, smelly job. Trents minion took to it with gusto though and was having a great time digging all that stuff out. The only good thing about that is that we now have a large pile of excellent compost for gardens come Springtime.
. Moving the hay was a real hassle. Since there wasn't any way to move the ton bales themselves through the narrow doorway, we had to move them a slice at a time. We would set up a tarp next to the bale, pull off a bunch of hay onto the tarp, and then drag it into the barn. It sure is amazing how much hay 1 ton actually is when it is all spread out instead of bunched up tightly into a bale. 
